"For this film, I wanted Tom Hanks to be surrounded by an international cast of actors whose energy will underscore Robert Langdon's life-or-death peril, the high-stakes action he takes, and the global threat that he's trying to prevent. The filmmakers are also in talks with several other internationally recognized actors for major roles.Ĭommenting on the announcement, Ron Howard had this to say. Elizabeth Sinskey, the head of the World Health Organization.
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Sidse Babett Knudsen, star of the Danish television series Borgen, will portray Dr. French actor Omar Sy, best known for his work in the French mega-hit The Intouchables, as well as X-Men: Days of Future Past, the upcoming Jurassic World, and John Wells' upcoming untitled project, will play Christoph Bruder. Irrfan Khan, one of India's biggest stars, best known for his roles in Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi, and The Lunchbox, takes the role of Harry Sims, also known as The Provost. Inferno continues the Harvard symbologist's adventures on screen: when Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories and prevent a madman from releasing a global plague connected to Dante's Inferno.įelicity Jones, an Oscar nominee this year for her performance in The Theory of Everything, will star opposite Hanks as Dr. The project's executive producers are Dan Brown, Anna Culp, Bill Connor, and David B. The Imagine Entertainment production, which has a screenplay by David Koepp based on the book by Dan Brown, is slated for release on Octoand will begin principal photography at the end of April.
Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan and Sidse Babett Knudsen join Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones in Inferno, which starts production this April.ĭirector/producer Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have cast an energetic company of some of the world's most talented and interesting rising international stars to join Tom Hanks in Inferno, the new film in Columbia Pictures' Robert Langdon series, which has taken in more than $1.2 billion worldwide to date.